Bernie Sanders Says Liberals Need Their Own FOX NEWS WHILE ON MSNBC

NPR reports the news. It doesn't do opinion, except for certain guests and it's very topical.

Right. Clear Chanel was pulling air rights licenses where "topical" individual programs about sex, birth control, LGBT, abortion, etc were being
shown on NPR channels. This was not in major market areas, as I remember.

NPR does hard news. Very little opinion. I listen from time to time, usually on the drive to and from sports tournaments when the radio will not
pick-up much else, and they focus on reporting the facts on issues, not projecting opinion.

Like I said earlier, anything other than extreme Right-Wing content is considered left-leaning.

Right. Clear Chanel was pulling air rights licenses where "topical" individual programs about sex, birth control, LGBT, abortion, etc were being
shown on NPR channels. This was not in major market areas, as I remember.

But, if they own that channel, are you going to try and dictate to them
what they can and cant broadcast?

Fair enough. Let's look at a time much more recent. The source will send you into a a "safe-space"-needing frenzy, but I ask you refute the claims,
not the source.

Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates righties Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Dr. Laura, among others, is owned by the nation’s
largest radio-station conglomerate, Clear Channel. Clear Channel, thanks to FCC deregulation, was allowed to gobble up over 1000 radio stations —
including 16 of the most powerful, (lower-case) clear-channel AM stations in major markets. Today, Clear Channel either owns or programs most of the
nation’s 58 strongest, 50,000-watt AM radio stations, liberally stocking them with right-wing talk shows. Among them: Los Angeles’ KFI, New
York’s WABC, Detroit’s WJR, Denver’s KOA, Portland’s KEX, and Chicago’s WLS. Yes, Clear Channel does own liberal Air America stations. But
none of them is a 50,000-watt “blowtorch.” Instead, Clear Channel puts shows like Thom Hartmann’s on its smaller, 5,000-and 10,000-watt
“sticks” (antennas).

Clear Channel is more than a corporate name. It’s also a radio descriptor: A clear-channel radio station is a powerful, 50,000-watt signal with
interference-free nightly coverage 750 miles from its city. Clear Channel owns 17 of those coveted licenses, and its Premiere supplies much of the
programming to many of the rest. There are only one or two 50,000-watt stations carrying Air America’s — or any — liberal shows. Wherever Clear
Channel owns a big AM radio station and other smaller ones, it always puts Premiere’s Hannity, Rush, et al on its biggest signal. This puts liberal
stations at a big disadvantage in virtually all large markets — where the real radio money is.

The Telecommunications Reform Act, amended the Communications Act of 1934.

Thank you Michael Powell and Clear Channel.

In 1996, Congress passed the Telecommunications Reform Act, which amended the Communications Act of 1934. The 1996 Telecom Act was a corrupt piece of
work, being the product of the largest corporate lobbies all salivating at the prospect of rewriting the law to provide them a larger slice of the
action. www.counterpunch.org...

Right. Clear Chanel was pulling air rights licenses where "topical" individual programs about sex, birth control, LGBT, abortion, etc were being
shown on NPR channels. This was not in major market areas, as I remember.

But, if they own that channel, are you going to try and dictate to them
what they can and cant broadcast?

Listen to Howard Stern then....its a free radio wave.

I can only speak for myself, but I don't think anyone is going to say we should dictate what people should broadcast, but we should not deny the fact
that while many people complain about a Left-Wing media bias, the biggest cable TV news channel is Right-Wing and the Right-Wing dominates talk
radio.

Read and listen to what you want, make up your own
mind. And for heavens sake, these stations are not
full of mind control. If people cant listen to a
broadcast, or watch T.V without making up
their own mind, you cant blame that on the broadcasts.

So then you would agree that a Liberal bias in the media is absolutely false, and that we just need to change the station if we don't like it?

Also, considering the popularity of Right-Wing media, can we assume that Right-Wingers get their information from very biased and sterilized sources
that do not offer the balanced perspective they claim?

As always, I just advocate reading absolutely everything - even the things with slants you disagree with with - soak it all up. Be a sponge. Be
meticulous. Then cross reference, fact check, and come to your own conclusions. Or, in cases where rigorous conclusions cannot be reached, suspend
judgment.

So then you would agree that a Liberal bias in the media is absolutely false, and that we just need to change the station if we don't like it?

I think people have full control to change the channel.
Liberal bias in the media is strong, every medium.

TV, Internet, and Radio. Even music channels have left leaning
commentary. What is with the radio obsession?

Also, considering the popularity of Right-Wing media, can we assume that Right-Wingers get their information from very biased and sterilized
sources that do not offer the balanced perspective they claim?

Thats just your opinion.
If radio hosts are popular, that just equates to folks liking them.

originally posted by: AceWombat04
As always, I just advocate reading absolutely everything - even the things with slants you disagree with with - soak it all up. Be a sponge. Be
meticulous. Then cross reference, fact check, and come to your own conclusions. Or, in cases where rigorous conclusions cannot be reached, suspend
judgment.

NPR does hard news. Very little opinion. I listen from time to time, usually on the drive to and from sports tournaments when the radio will not
pick-up much else, and they focus on reporting the facts on issues, not projecting opinion.

Like I said earlier, anything other than extreme Right-Wing content is considered left-leaning.

NPR does hard news. Very little opinion. I listen from time to time, usually on the drive to and from sports tournaments when the radio will not
pick-up much else, and they focus on reporting the facts on issues, not projecting opinion.

Like I said earlier, anything other than extreme Right-Wing content is considered left-leaning.

Insanity, pure insanity. The media and all of it's forms are so massively far leftist that it has accomplished getting people to support Hillary
Clinton. Think about it. Her husband was almost impeached for being a psycho rapist womanizer, and we actually see women and people from the LGBT
community supporting her wholeheartedly. This is pure insanity. It's like the reign of the Clinton's has been totally forgotten.

Yes, we need everything to be leftist propaganda. It is making this world such a wonderful place to live in.

NPR does hard news. Very little opinion. I listen from time to time, usually on the drive to and from sports tournaments when the radio will not
pick-up much else, and they focus on reporting the facts on issues, not projecting opinion.

Like I said earlier, anything other than extreme Right-Wing content is considered left-leaning.

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